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Top Stories:  | Telethon donations down 5% to €90m
 Monday, December 07, 2009
SUPPORTERS of the Telethon donated €90m to charity this weekend, down 5% on last year but better than the 20% decline seen in the first few hours.
The annual event, which broadcasts non-stop for 30 h... (read more...) |  Paris museum strike continues
Monday, December 07, 2009
SOME of Paris's most popular museums and monuments could remain closed this week as staff continue their strike action.
Workers at the Musée d'Orsay, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, the Louvre and the C... (read more...) |  Fiat recall over steering problem
Monday, December 07, 2009
FIAT has recalled 32,000 Punto models sold in France for safety reasons.
The Italian car manufacturer has detected a potential fault linked to the steering column in the Grande Punto.
It has written... (read more...) |  Rail unions call weekend strike
Monday, December 07, 2009
RAILWAY travellers could face disruption tomorrow and over the weekend as rail unions have called a national protest and a separate 24-hour strike.
Tomorrow’s protest in Paris will highlight concerns... (read more...) |  71% do not know who runs region
Monday, December 07, 2009
NEARLY three quarters of people do not know the name of their region's president, a new poll published three months before the regional elections has revealed.
The survey, which was commissioned by a... (read more...) | | | | | |
Madrid, Dec 7 (DPA) Spanish giants Real Madrid announced that playmaker Kaka will miss Tuesday's Champions League showdown at Olympique Marseille. IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:00:03 -0500Sherwin Bryce-Pease; New York As a historic conference on climate change opened in Denmark, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon called it a decisive moment from his headquarters in New York. He was ... SABC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:25:43 -0500Despite France's jealously protective stance toward the nation's artistic reputation, contemporary French art has been streaming out of the country and into the hands of foreign buyers at an alarming ... Time Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:48:30 -0500One would think there would be a single answer coming out of Jerusalem regarding whom Israel preferred to mediate future indirect talks with Syria - France or Turkey. But one would be mistaken. Wi... Jerusalem Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:25:11 -0500Paris - King Louis XIV gave France the Palace of Versailles and the Courdu Louvre but also Moliere, Racine und Le Notre for the French monarch (1638-1715) was not only a politician and general but a m... Earth Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:21:13 -0500D ieneba Ninae is hiding in plain sight, like the hundreds of other undocumented immigrants who have taken over a four-storey government office building in the centre of Paris. The 50-year-old Maurit... The Globe and Mail Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:00:41 -0500Tuesday, December 08, 2009 OCCUPIED-AL-QUDS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that he would prefer French rather than Turkish mediation in the event indirect talks with Syria ... The News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:13:35 -0500It will be a crapshoot for art lovers interested in taking in an exhibit or tourists wanting to visit famous cultural venues in Paris this week, with a labour dispute expected to continue disrupting t... CBC News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:50:12 -0500/enpproperty--> PARIS -- France is going to launch another military spy satellite from the European Space Agency (ESA) launch site in French Guiana on Wednesday, the defense ministry and ESA have anno... China Daily Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:14:47 -0500Tour d'Argent , on Monday auctioned off thousands of bottles of the finest wine in order to make space for new bottles in its vast four-century-old cellar. The high point in the auction was the... Yahoo! News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:09:06 -0500Tour d'Argent , on Monday auctioned off thousands of bottles of the finest wine in order to make space for new bottles in its vast four-century-old cellar. The high point in the auction was the... Yahoo! News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:09:00 -0500France snubs Britain on farm spending talks By Ben Hall in Paris and George Parker in LondonPublished: December 7 2009 20:15 | Last updated: December 7 2009 20:15... Financial Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:29:25 -0500French plan to borrow €35bn and invest it in long-term research and development projects came under fire on Thursday from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which called on ... Financial Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:29:24 -0500Wasps have escaped punishment for refusing to play the Guinness Premiership match with Sale Sharks. The Adams Park outfit walked away from the match on November 27 just minutes before kick-off beca... Planet Rugby Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:56:42 -0500PARIS -- Preliminary charges have been filed against nine employees of Paris' respected Drouot auction house after police found stolen art, including a painting by 19th-century realist master Gustave... The Miami Herald Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:53:32 -0500R ABAT, Dec 7, 2009 (AFP) - Guinea's foreign minister on Monday denounced"insubordination and indiscipline" in the armed forces as he kept a hospital vigil for his country's military ruler who survive... The Tocqueville Connection Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:18:25 -0500Tour d'Argent , on Monday auctioned off thousands of bottles of the finest wine in order to make space for new bottles in its vast four-century-old cellar. Six bottles of 1998 Chateau Haut-Brio... Yahoo! News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:58:25 -0500Stock from the Tour d'Argent restaurant cellar in Paris goes under the hammer. Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images They were some of the world's finest wines from the renowned cellar one of... The Guardian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:15:10 -0500Marseille striker Fernando Morientes will face his old club Real Madrid on Tuesday The former Liverpool striker moved to the Bernebeu in 1997 aged 21, and spent six seasons with Real, winning three Ch... Soccernet Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:06:17 -0500Rock bottom Grenoble secured their first win of the season at the 15th attempt with a long-awaited victory against Toulouse in the French league on Sunday.Grenoble's record-breaking 14-game winless st... eTaiwan News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:37:48 -0500(BRUSSELS) - The EU navy force off Somalia issued a danger alert Monday after finding a lone French yachtsman sailing through pirate infested waters in the Gulf of Aden toward Madagascar."The reg... EU Business Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:52:36 -0500France was in mourning for one of its oldest and best-loved lotharios, a giant tortoise named Kiki, who died at the age of 146, The Guardian of the United Kingdom reported. Staff at the Ménag... The Korea Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:15:14 -0500An exhibition organized within the scope of 400th anniversary of Katip Celebi's birth was opened at UNESCO hall in French capital of Paris on Monday. World Bulletin Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:52:27 -0500Harlequins Head Coach John Kingston has signed a new contract which will keep him at the Stoop until a minimum of June 2012. Quins are also expected to announce the name of their new Director of Ru... Planet Rugby Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:45:44 -0500Danny Cipriani will return to action on Monday for Wasps' 'A' team clash with Harlequins. The England fly-half was on the bench for Sunday's Guinness Premiership meeting with Leicester after two mo... Planet Rugby Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:45:42 -0500= 3D(PICTURE)=3D ATTENTION - ADDS quotes, background /// CAIRO, Dec 7, 2009 (AFP) - UNESCO chief Irina Bokova reached out to theArab world during a Ca... The Tocqueville Connection Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:02:23 -0500--> Attention: Assignment Editor, City Editor, News Editor MONTREAL/QUEBEC/MEDIA ADVISORY--(Marketwire - Dec. 7, 2009) - Young people never think a road crash will happen to them, but the number... Market Wire Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:12:28 -0500In great news for the game, the last of the 54,000 tickets available for public sale for the fifteenth Heineken Cup Final have been snapped up. The showpiece occasion at Stade de France on Saturday... Planet Rugby Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:53:01 -0500Duncan Jones has put pen to paper on a new contract with the Ospreys that will move his tenure at the region to over ten years. The 31-year-old loosehead's new three-year deal extension subsequentl... Planet Rugby Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:52:59 -0500Neil Powell has been ruled out of the SA Sevens tournament after the veteran player injured his shoulder during the Dubai Plate Final against Australia on Saturday. Australia's youthful team shocke... Planet Rugby Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:52:58 -0500Wines from one of the world's most famous cellars, belonging to La Tour d'Argent restaurant in Paris, are to go under the hammer.A total of 18,000 bottles - including wine from Cognac, Champagne, Burg... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:31:51 -0500Wines from one of the world's most famous cellars, belonging to La Tour d'Argent restaurant in Paris, are to go under the hammer.A total of 18,000 bottles - including wine from Cognac, Champagne, Burg... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:31:48 -0500Lawyers for Quade Cooper have asked the public not to jump to conclusion's after the Wallabies centre was charged with burglary on the Gold Coast. In a statement issued on Monday, Brisbane law firm... Planet Rugby Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:31:37 -0500Echoing the sentiments of their South African counterparts, the All Blacks coaching team have raised concerns about burnout of New Zealand's top players and will meet with Super 14 coaches on Friday i... Planet Rugby Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:31:36 -0500Mumbai, Dec 7 : Infoterra France, an EADS Astrium subsidiary and a leading provider of geo-information products and services, has signed an agreement with Rolta India Limited, a software solutions pro... New Kerala Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:30:42 -0500An interim report is due out before the end of the year into the Air France plane crash which killed almost 230 people in June.Three Irish doctors were among those killed.France's air crash authority ... Breaking News.ie Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:21:38 -0500C HERBOURG, France, Dec 7, 2009 (AFP) - About 30 French police on Mondayremoved a Greenpeace activist who chained himself to railway tracks to block the export of uranium to Russia. ... The Tocqueville Connection Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:56:06 -0500Are European societies anti-Islam? That's a question more people are asking in the wake of Switzerland's referendum to ban the building of minarets in the Alpine country. Almost 6 out of 10 Swiss vote... Time Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:55:55 -0500 |
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